Oyster Plate

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Arts of the Americas

Patented January 4, 1881

Union Porcelain Works (American, 1863–c. 1922)
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Union Porcelain Works
Title: Oyster Plate
Place: New York City (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Patented 1881
Medium: Porcelain and glaze with gilding
Inscriptions: Inscribed bottom, in black ink: "PAT. JAN. 4 . 1881 / U.P.W" / [head of eagle holding an S in its beak]".
Dimensions: 21.3 × 16.2 cm (8 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: The Women's Board Fund
Reference Number: 2013.698
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Annual Report of the Art Institute of Chicago (2013–14): 1.

Robert Scholnick, by June 2013; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2013.

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